Archived posts, October 2004
Introduction to accessibility
A quick and dirty introduction to accessibility.
The pros and cons of sIFR
A discussion on the pros, cons, and potential risks of using sIFR.
Scrollable Table
How to use CSS to allow scrolling within an HTML table.
Bring on the tables
Avoid using tables for layout, but make sure to use them, and use them properly, for tabular data. This article explains how to make HTML data tables accessible.
BloggForum Stockholm 2004
On November 15, I’ll be in Stockholm for BloggForum Stockholm 2004.
Web Standards Solutions
A review of Dan Cederholm’s excellent book on practical web standards.
Forcing ASP.Net towards standards
In the recent Web Standards Project Buzz post ASP.Net & Standards Part II, Chris Kaminski writes a whole lot about…
Breakestra: Live Mix 2
Artist: Breakestra Title: Live Mix 2 Genre: Funk/hip-hop/jazz Released: 2001 Prepare yourself for some really serious grooves before you…
Scrolling Drop Shadows
A neat trick to add drop shadows to the top and bottom of a document.
Global White Space Reset
A follow-up to a previous post on resetting all CSS margins and paddings.
Document titles and title separators
I came across an interesting discussion on title separators the other day: What’s your favourite blip? at The Man in…
In Search of Validation
WaSP follow-up to the recent validation debate.
S5 1.0
Version 1.0 of Eric Meyer’s slide show system S5 is ready to go.
Stan Getz: Getz Plays Jobim
Artist: Stan Getz Title: Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl From Ipanema Genre: Bossa-jazz Released: 2002 One thing that makes…
Thievery Corporation: Outernational Sound
Artist: Thievery Corporation Title: Outernational Sound Genre: Dub-afro-brazjazz-lo-fi Released: 2004 A mix of Thievery Corporation’s favourite songs, this album…
Tomasz Stanko: Suspended Night
Artist: Tomasz Stanko Title: Suspended Night Genre: Jazz Released: 2004 Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and his quartet have made…
Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush: Ki-Oku
Artist: Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush Title: Ki-Oku Genre: Trip-hop Released: 1999 DJ Krush, known for his trippy, hard beats…
Tricky: A Ruff Guide
Artist: Tricky Title: A Ruff Guide Genre: Trip-hop Released: 2002 There aren’t a lot of sweet voices on this…
Various Artists: Nordic Lounge 2
Artist: Various Artists Title: Nordic Lounge 2 Genre: Nu-jazz Released: 2003 Collecting some of the best nu-jazz from Scandinavia,…
Moloko: Statues
Artist: Moloko Title: Statues Genre: House/dance-pop Released: 2003 Moloko’s music is very hard to describe. Vocal house/dance-pop comes pretty…
John Coltrane: Coltrane for Lovers
Artist: John Coltrane Title: Coltrane for Lovers Genre: Jazz Released: 2004 Much of John Coltranes music, while technically very…
Groove Armada: Best of
Artist: Groove Armada Title: Best of Genre: House-hop Released: 2004 As of this writing, this album has not yet…
E.S.T.: Seven Days of Falling
Artist: E.S.T. Title: Seven Days of Falling Genre: Jazz Released: 2004 The latest album, originally released in 2003, from…
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Artist: Miles Davis Title: Kind of Blue Genre: Jazz Released: 1997 (original release 1959) One of the best jazz…
Dead Can Dance: 1981-1998
Artist: Dead Can Dance Title: 1981-1998 Genre: Gothic/Classical/Medieval Released: 2001 The definitive collection of the best Dead Can Dance…
Massive Attack: Blue Lines
Artist: Massive Attack Title: Blue Lines Genre: Trip-hop Released: 1991 One of the first trip-hop albums, this is a…
Portishead: Portishead
Artist: Portishead Title: Portishead Genre: Trip-hop Released: 1997 This masterpiece is not happy music, but it isn’t music that…
Morcheeba: Parts of the process
Artist: Morcheeba Title: Parts of the process Genre: Trip-hop Released: 2003 Morcheeba is one of my favourite bands of…
CSS Negotiation
Basic CSS rules to start a new style sheet with.
Valid Flash embedding
Web standards compliant Javascript Flash detect and embed.
Why Mozilla is better than Firefox
A reminder of what came first.
Unethical / Oetiskt
A story about how unethically some clueless web design shops can act.
Web Standards: A Business Perspective
A non-technical article on the business benefits of web standards.
Styling even more form controls
This is a follow-up to my previous post about Styling form controls. For some background info and comments, you may…
Light Weight Low Tech CSS Tabs
Different techniques combined to make CSS tabs.
Doing One’s Best
Can you claim to be standards-compliant if your documents are invalid?
ABC News: All That Glitters
WaSP member Ethan Marcotte comments on the recently redesigned ABC News website.
The XHTML Way
HTML vs.XHTML and separating data from formatting explained.
Office work environment
I’m going to write about something completely different for a change. If you’re not interested in this subject, I think…
Recommended music
Check out my list of recommended music.
Pushing Your Limits
A presentation held by Douglas Bowman at Web Essentials 04.
Visual vs Structural
Two very different approaches to creating websites.
Using Patterns in Web Design
Interesting method for making design problems easier to handle.
The case for XHTML
Why using XHTML is good, even if you serve it as text/html.
Recently launched: Kungälvs kommun
The Swedish municipality of Kungälv recently rebuilt their site with standards.
A few Tips for Using Lynx
A guide to setting up and using the text-only browser Lynx.
Apple’s web professional market share
When computer market share statistics are mentioned, Apple is usually said to have something like 2-3 % of the PC…
Web Essentials 04 Keynote
Slides from Dave Shea’s keynote at Web Essentials 2004.
Safari and XHTML
I just want to share a couple of issues I’ve come across with Safari and XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml. I’m…
Slide Show Beta 2
A new beta of Eric Meyer’s Slide Show system.
IE caught in its own web
An interesting article on the reasons Microsoft may have for not updating Internet Explorer.
The Beauty and Business of CSS
Slides from Douglas Bowman’s presentation at Web Essentials 2004.
Invisible Form Prompts
Hiding form labels in an accessible way.
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